क्या आप हिंदी बोलती हैं?

to be

Breakdown of क्या आप हिंदी बोलती हैं?

• आप: you
• क्या: question marker
• हिंदी: Hindi

Questions & Answers about क्या आप हिंदी बोलती हैं?

Why does the sentence begin with क्या?

At the beginning of a sentence, क्या is a common marker for a yes/no question.

So:

• क्या आप हिंदी बोलती हैं? = a yes/no question
• आप हिंदी बोलती हैं। = a statement

Important: क्या does not mean what here.
When क्या is at the start of a sentence, it often just marks that you are asking a yes/no question.

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Does क्या always mean what?

No. It has two common uses:

1. Question marker at the beginning of a sentence

   • क्या आप हिंदी बोलती हैं?
   • Here it means Are/Do... ?

2. What in other sentence positions

   • आप क्या बोलती हैं?
   • This means What do you speak / What are you saying? depending on context

So position matters a lot.

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Why is आप used here instead of तुम or तू?